Garcinia atroviridis dikenal sebagai asam gelugur sudah sejak lama digunakan manusia rempah dan obat tradisional. Manfaatnya berhubungan dengan senyawa metabolit sekunder bioaktivitas anti-obesitas, anti-inflamasi, anti mikroba, antioksidan kanker. Kandungan lemak berlebih dalam darah dapat memicu peningkatan radikal bebas dan penurunan aktivitas antioksidan sehingga menimbulkan stres o...

Garcinia is a plant under the family of Clusiaceae that is commonly used as a flavouring agent. Various phytochemicals including flavonoids and organic acid have been identified in this plant. Among all types of organic acids, hydroxycitric acid or more specifically (-)-hydroxycitric acid has been identified as a potential supplement for weight management and as antiobesity agent. Various in vi...

Obesity is one of the pandemic chronic diseases commonly associated with health disorders such as heart attack, high blood pressure, diabetes or even cancer. Among the current natural products for obesity and weight control, Garcinia or more specifically hydroxycitric acid (HCA) extracted from Garcinia has been widely used. The evaluation of the potential toxicity of weight control supplement i...

The polytene chromosomes of three North American species in the subgenus Chaetolabis of the genus Chironomus are described and compared to the published karyotypes of two Palearctic species. Chironomus (Chaetolabis) atroviridis has four polytene chromosomes, like the Palearctic C. globulus, while C. ochreatus and the North American populations of C. bitumineus each have three chromosomes due to...

From the stem bark of Garcinia benthami a new benzophenone, named Salimbenzophenone, was isolated. The structure was determined by means of spectroscopic analysis.

Five xanthones named cowagarcinone A-E and six previously reported xanthones were isolated from the latex of Garcinia cowa Roxb. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. The crude latex and the isolated compounds were investigated for their radical scavenging activities.

The aim of present study is to evaluate the effects of Garcinia cambogia on the mRNA levels of the various genes involved in adipogenesis, as well as on body weight gain, visceral fat accumulation, and other biochemical markers of obesity in obesity-prone C57BL/6J mice. Consumption of the Garcinia cambogia extract effectively lowered the body weight gain, visceral fat accumulation, blood and he...